List of black animated characters

This is a list of Black animated characters lists fictional characters found in comic books, television, motion pictures and other forms of media. Black is a term usually referring to a racial group of humans with dark skin color, used to categorise a number of diverse populations into one common group. This list includes African American animated characters and characters of sub-Saharan African descent or populations characterized by dark skin color (a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania, Southeast Asia, southern South Asia, and the southern Middle East).

Television

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Action Hank			Dexter's Laboratory
Afro Samurai			Afro Samurai
Anansi the Spider		Static (ally)	Static Shock
Big Lob		G.I. Joe	G.I. Joe the Movie
Black Vulcan		Superfriends
Brown Hornet			Fat Albert
Bulletproof	Baldwin P. Vess	C.O.P.S.	C.O.P.S.
Bumblebee		Teen Titans (East)	Teen Titans
Capital G		Justice Friends	Dexter's Laboratory
Chef	Jerome McElroy		South Park
Cyborg	Stone	Teen Titans	Teen Titans episode #1
Delilah			Gargoyles
Diana			Dungeons and Dragons episode #1
Franklin			Peanuts
Doc	Walter Hartford	Galaxy Rangers
Doc (G.I. Joe)	Carl W. Greer	G.I. Joe
Elisa Maza			Gargoyles
Falcon	Sam Wilson	Avengers
Fallon			Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
Hondo MacLean		M.A.S.K.
JB Reese		VR Troopers	VR Troopers
JD Bennett		Bionic Six	Bionic 6
Green Lantern	John Stewart	Justice League	Justice league
Hammerman
Heavy Duty	Lamont A. Morris	G.I. Joe
Herald			Teen Titans
Hotwing		Silverhawks	Silverhawks
Johnathan James Junior		Thunderbirds 2086
Jett Jackson			The Famous Jett Jackson
Juice			Justice League Unlimited
Kiddy Phenil			Silent Möbius
Kwame		Planeteers	Captain Planet
Lothar			Defenders of the Earth
LJ (Lothar Junior)			Defenders of the Earth
Max Jones		Zone Riders	Spiral Zone
Micro Woman	Christy Cross	Tarzan and the Super 7
Micron			Batman Beyond
Mister T			Mister T
Misty Magic			Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam!
Moleculad		Hanna-Barbera's Teen Force	Space Stars
Numbuh Five			Kids Next Door
Paul		Secret Scouts	Dinosaucers
Cosmo, Splashdown, Sunstroke, Venus		Rickety Rocket Crew
Roadblock	Marvin Hinton	G.I. Joe
Rubberband Man	Adam Evans	Static (ally)	Static Shock
Shana Elmsford		The Holograms	Jem
She-Bang	Shenice Vale	Static (ally)	Static Shock
Silver Sentry		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	2003
Soul Power	Morris Grant	Static (ally)
Sparky	Phillip Rollins	Static (ally)
Spyke	Evan Daniels	X-Men Evolution
Stalker	Lonzo Wilkenson	G.I. Joe
Static	Virgil Hawkins		Static Shock episode #1
Super Stretch	Chris Cross	Tarzan and the Super 7
Talon	Derek Maza		Gargoyles
The Super Globetrotters
Valerie Brown		Josie and the Pussycats
Warhawk	Rex Stewart	Justice League Unlimited
Winston Zeddmore		The Real Ghostbusters

Movies

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Cobra Bubbles		CIA	Lilo & Stitch
Frozone	Lucius Best	The Incredibles (ally)	The Incredibles		2003
Kiddy Phenil			Silent Möbius

See also

• List of black superheroes
• African characters in comics
• Ethnic stereotypes in comics

Resources

• The Museum of Black Superheroes
• Jorge's Black Supers List
• The Black Proteges
• Blacks get seriously involved in "the funnies"
• A Milestone Retrospective
• Ferndale Man Launches "Tribe" of Super-Heroes
• GCD Project - Nexus: Executioner's Song #3

External links

• Daathrekh Publishing
• Gettosake Entertainment
• Guardian UMI
• East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention
• Salute to Pioneering Cartoonists of Color
• Afros, Icons, and Spandex: A Brief History of the African American Superhero
• The Darker Mask, excerpt: http://www.natcreole.com/lit.onyxcity.htm